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depaˈrochialize, v. nonce-wd.
[f. de- II. 1 + parochialize v.]
trans. To deprive of parochial character. Hence depaˈrochializing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also deparochialiˈzation.
1862Sat. Rev. XIII. 211/1 We must not think of turning an impassable ditch into a passable road, for fear England should thereby be ‘deparochialized’. Ibid. 211/2 The new formula of deparochialization. Ibid., The ‘deparochializing’ cry will..do equally well for both. |